Telegram-herald., 1887-03-27
HITTING THE PIPE =
Ar opium Tea Fsoal salng -
the Valley City.
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nsss sash shop 81 lam fook suggestive
name ID Noasoiaa q comufou enough
u4ue in nlsfila Here = che palaee u
coufentuisnt, tas dream of bisss, where
The head with The inside ZIP snt the
ps<si<e ol secrecy -can .fa5i0e the ELIXIR 81
1apDinss inside ~ SO dsass 0n the pipe.
Here oDe can taEken hls lie and D.scksa
BIS latel.sct = 1lie he alg40nd-eyed heatnen.
Ahiteas his apparel sad rAkss lu Tie coin.
As fou enter me f0oul not Very nsliabie
Place g0rtbe limited patronage recelved in
80 sana. a ei'v a. t,f2D1 Rapids Viii not
warrant = large outlay in flFaiture snd
eecCrs.ious aat if matters littie 10 the
poor victim how saualid or poor the sur
E0nndinss after he has smoked = lev
/ plis Tor then his sisi0u 5 distorted ard
| everything looks prinecly % him. the nos
-. as al IT,
hat ot burning sage 0at 81 = miider and
less rank nature Here are several stalls or
booths With buuks IN them The beginner
or man 0f 4 less hardened nature WiI Insist
upOn being alone. With the exception % The
cooker who - a very necessafy iers0it-
axe as the process Ot cooking The drug
for he piper requires an e1.
/ pert bat the more harden ed
I smokers ENJOY each others socie,v and some
/ 'alking laughing and cooking for each
other alternately. For those haol1caied 10
| the use of opium nity cents worth IS used Al
l one sitting, which iasts about one hour aud
I Wtii make about twelve or thirteen pills o.
''oattons one phi or button will land
| tiss beginner into be orient where sam
meF = the year round. while 10 has no
/ such eject on The inysteraie smoker Of the
| plge-we mean n0g 50 narxeo-aiter con
saming twelve or thirteen pills. The
| Op.Gm used IS no. the gum t1at can 0e
/ bought IL any OF our drug stores, - IS COM
| monty supposed by great many rcoDse,
I but an entirely different prepar1tiOn, i'm
| ported direct from China OF iniis. and can
| be procured in san Francisco or New York,
4 and even IN Chicago. bu. the two former
places are the headquTtsrs for the United
| States. fos bali dollar one can get about
a tsaspOonful of what looks like old black
| strsp mO.asSes aud OF about The same con
/ sis,cucy, aud ls called hop in yen IN
/ Chinese. A little box belonging 10 the lay
out aud called mop toy IS given you,
l containing about the sniount and AT The
! price ABOVE stated. although IL Ooe desires ne
can bug twenty-five cents worth. which
would be enough FOR two or three beginners,
a before stated. The yen tOk.' or pipe"
l is piece OF bamboo With silver trimmings
ressgn olng dute very mach. with the sx-
! ceptiOn Of the bsll-shaped stone knob
/ which 5 about Two thirds OF the way down
/ the stock from the mouthpiece
| Tae stock is about two feet
long and an inch and quarter in diameter
IL is claimed for the one described above
/ that il had been in use for some twenty
wears in China and the United States. The
(. smoke had changed il from its original
color, that OF an Ordinsry bamboo fishing
pole. 20 a handsome mshoganv or rosewood
/ color. aud y was highly polished. The
! pipe is claimed 10 be worth twenty-five
dollars but could not be purchased at that
/ figure. The how. which IS NOT properly a
! pps bowl. ia made OF stone or some clay
substance, in order 20 Withstand the heat.
/ It's not ike he ordinary pipe bowl IN any
respect. II being bell-sh4ped With very
small csvity about the size of al ordinary
/ knitting needle with a bsveled surface
| surrounding 10 OF about two inches scross
i zach wav. and is used for the purpose Of
I kne3diug or mixing the drug 10 a proper
Z consistency IS the process Of cooking goes
! on. The ven n0k or cooking needle i
/ about the size OF al ordinary knitting
/ needle, with one spatssls-shaped end. Tee
: pointed eud Of the needle Is dipped into the
drug and piece sbou, the size Of pea held
/ over the ven len or lamp which is az or
! oInsry miniature glass lamp with tube
shaped burner and 4 round wick. the whole
4 amp being covered with a smsli glass urn.
/ IN the top of which j. a small hole and in
a twiukling it IL ten times its original size.
! changing IN color from = iet black. "a N
/ appears IN a mas. 30 q saffron color and
I then after the cooking process IS com
I plcted resembling the ordinary gum opium.
/ Hess renders il very plisole. and when
: cooked sufficiently 10 is rolled into q
/ button shaped mas with The aid ot the
needle and pipe knob. and placed over
| the miniature cavity. The smoker curls
Z himself up ~ comiOTfaoie p)Sllon, noliS
/ the pipe over the lamp and the smoking
commences. ses'hing Kissing cooking
sound - heard. The OPIUM rapidly dissp-
pears and omits ths smell above described.
/ The pill lasts bat for d lev seconds. burn
( ing entirely away. and leaves the tat sur
Z face Of ;hs knobent!relY clean The ashes.
I a. fheV are called. are collected IN thecavi-g
( Of The knob. and scrapsd oat With the ven
/ shee COW. OF cleaner and saved. as thsv
a-e of some value. beirg smcsed Over again
| by ihe 9oorsr class who cannot Afford 80
I buy IL a. frst cost. II Is a. expensvs habit
Some people AXE a. bigh IS three 'sittinrs
lay aud smoke - cents worth ~ csch
sitting msking net daily exneuse of
SO. Opiurl-srOki owes - origin -
ndi1. sud since ia discovery its use hes
been fl9rsed b. FL nations on tle globe.
the Americans not being n he minority by
any means. when fscf sri 10 chronicle.
Never hit thc pipe and vouN be hsppy